Christians weren’t innocent, they had literally been vandalizing and destroying statues and temples because according to Christians, those statues and temples were “evil and satanic.” This wasn’t a few crazies, nearly all Christians including every Church Father supported these actions and justified them with the Christian faith. Is it really any wonder the Romans got fed up with their bullshit and decided to do something about it? If anything the Romans didn’t go far enough since they never actually officially outlawed Christianity like they did with Manichaeism (another faith that deserved to be eradicated for its similar iconoclastic views).Ancient Christian iconoclasm was cultural terrorism akin to the Taliban destroying statues of Buddha in Afghanistan or ISIS smashing ancient artifacts. Before you say this comparison is unfair, let me ask you this; how would you feel if a religious group destroyed your country’s monuments and religious sites and then justified the destruction with their religion, and all members of said religion supported the actions instead of denouncing them?
>>18237929Those noses broke themselves over time from wear and tear.
>>18237929Let me ask: Did Christians go around destroying jewish statues and art the same way they did with Pagan culture?
>Christians weren’t innocent, they had literally been vandalizing and destroying statues and temples because according to Christians, those statues and temples were “evil and satanic.” This wasn’t a few crazies, nearly all Christians including every Church Father supported these actions and justified them with the Christian faith. Is it really any wonder the Romans got fed up with their bullshit and decided to do something about it? If anything the Romans didn’t go far enough since they never actually officially outlawed Christianity like they did with Manichaeism (another faith that deserved to be eradicated for its similar iconoclastic views).>Ancient Christian iconoclasm was cultural terrorism akin to the Taliban destroying statues of Buddha in Afghanistan or ISIS smashing ancient artifacts. Before you say this comparison is unfair, let me ask you this; how would you feel if a religious group destroyed your country’s monuments and religious sites and then justified the destruction with their religion, and all members of said religion supported the actions instead of denouncing them?
>>18237929I'm pretty sure they did much worse stuff than just vandalizing holy sites or statues. Early christians are almost indistinguishable from jews.
>>18238037>if you're not christian you're indian>despite the fact that over 600 million white europeans and americans are not christian>I take pleasure in the idea of the temples and cultural centers of white people being destroyed for the sake of a jewish religionyou christians are profoundly mentally retarded.
>>18238037Christianity is the fastest growing religion in India. The future of Christianity is jeet and nigger coloured :^)
>>18237929I really resent christians for deleting half of the ancient religions like you wouldn't believe itThe worst part is there was no punishment for such crime
>>18238035Pagans were not monotheistic
>>18239190It would've been a lot harder had there not been an enormous empire that already did so. Rome connecting all of its provinces allowed Christianity to spread as it did. Pagan Rome led to Christian Europe.
>>18237929Everyone did thatRome razed entire sacred groves of the druids. They destroyed the cult of Isis, Mishna, druids, Bacchus, and Judaism itself
>>18239190Christian converts are overwhelmingly voluntarilyBlame your false gods for not bothering to reach out to the poor, the sick, and the dying (the 95% of the population)
>>18237929>be jew>hate the straight noses of aryan people
>>18237929actually we need to crucify atheists in order for atheism to be taken seriously.
>>18239543Actually it was later Christians who eradicated those not Roman pagans (especially since Bacchus was a native Roman deity). They heavily syncretized with the Roman religion, you probably don’t know this but historically religious syncretism was the norm and outside of the Abrahamic religions, it is still arguably the norm. Look at modern Japan for example, according to several surveys Japan is both 70% Buddhist and 70% Shinto at the same time because historically Buddhism tended to syncretize with local religions and nobody ever saw any contradictions in that. Similarly in India, many other religions such as Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism heavily syncretize with Hindu traditions. The Abrahamic religions with their insistence on “orthodoxy” and “heresy” are actually a historic anomaly. The idea that people can only belong to one religious tradition is an Abrahamic invention that never would have existed otherwise.
>>18237929First, there was no pagan persecution of christians.Second, some might have been persecuted after being mistaken as jews but they deserved it.
>>18239813>later ChristiansFalse. Razing of the sacred groves in the Isle of Anglesey happened in 60 ADAnd, while Bacchus, is a native god, his worshipers are nothing but drunkards who make a mess around the place. They are hedons pretending to be virtous hence the Roman ban of his worshipThe fact that they adapted some parts doesn't change the fact that Rome, and every other empire, DESTROYED the gods of the lands they conqueredSo what if syncretize?The Christians did it too!Just look at the CalendarMoon's mondayTyr's TuesdayOdin's WednesdayThor's ThursdayFreya's FridaySaturn's SaturdaySol's SundayYou complain about how Christians destroyed pagan templesYou don't complain about how Pagans killed Christians and destroyed the temple, twice
>>18237929>Christians weren’t innocent, they had literally been vandalizing and destroying statues and temples because according to Christians, those statues and temples were “evil and satanic.”Rome did it to Jews and Christians firstBoohooPagans can't bear a taste of their own medicine
>>18239862The Romans never eradicated worship of the gods of conquered people. What they actually did was syncretize local gods with Roman gods, such as equating The Carthaginian goddess Tanit with Minerva and equating the Celtic god Lugus with Mercury. As for Bacchus, well they never really forbid his worship. What they did was regulate it.No real syncretization of Christianity with pagan traditions occurred as any attempts to syncretize Jesus with Greco-Roman gods was shunned and worship of Greco-Roman gods was denounced. This is unlike Mithraism where its adherents worshipped both Mithras and Roman gods and even equated Mithras with Sol (the Roman equivalent of Helios).>Pagans killed Christians In response to Christian savagery as mentioned in the original post.>and destroyed the temple, twiceHow’s the weather in Tel Aviv Shlomo?
>>18240821>muh second temple How’s the weather in Tel Aviv Moshe?
>>18241837They destroyed their temple, razed their sacred groves, killed all priests, and burned all of their sacred textsSyncretize my fucking ass!The very head priest of the Temple of Jerusalem had his head smashed unto the temple wallBut only Christians are wrong for doing something less destructive
>>18241843I am a Christian, thankyou
>>18241866Imagine defending the Bar Kochba revolt lmao. The Romans actually tried to syncretize their religion with Judaism at first (Yahweh was equated with Bacchus), but like Christians the Jews sperged out and massacred Romans. Thus it should be no surprise that the Romans got fed up with their bullshit and annihilated Judea.Same with Christians. They were violent savages and refused all attempts at syncretism, thus the Romans dealt with their bullshit and if anything didn’t go far enough.>>18241867There is no difference, you both believe in the great lie of monotheism and reject pagan gods.
>>18242067I'm not defending their revoltI'm telling you that Christians did the same thing that they did to othersDon't call foul when you get treated the same way you treat othersThey wanted to wipe out ChristianityThey failedChristians retaliatedThey fucking suckSucks to suck
>>18242135The Romans targeting Christianity was in response to Christians being violent savages. Don’t want to be thrown to lions, then don’t deface monuments. Christians are no different from Jews, they cry out in pain as they strike you. They cry that they were persecuted but never tell you why.
>>18242188>Christians>violent savagesNot a single Roman propaganda ever accussed them of violenceChristians were accused of being perverts, schemers, and traitors. But never violentThus, againChristians merely retaliated by giving them what they gaveSucks to suck
>>18237929Keep stoking those flames, retard. :D
>>18242188P.SThe idea of Christains targetting idols was a propaganda from the Enlightenment era -specifically Edward Gibbon. You will not find a source earlier than thatAnd destroying idols was never common to ChristiansBabylon and Hittites did the same thing to every single nation they conquered. And, again, Rome razed sacred groves and destroyed temples
>>18242188>Muh... Muh idols!Rope. Now. :)
>>18237929>how would you feel if a religious group destroyed your country’s monuments and religious sites and then justified the destruction with their religionThey did this to Native Americans and now we don't have places to to rip hearts out anymore except Planned Parenthood.
>>18242067>The Romans actually tried to syncretize their religion with Judaism at first (Yahweh was equated with Bacchus)Only a hedonist couldn't feel offended at the idea of the Creator being compared to this thing. My heathen Lakota ancestors probably would have rioted over this.
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>>18242195>Not a single Roman propaganda ever accussed them of violenceFalse. Every source says the same thing; they'd go around burning other people's temples, destroy other people's icons, kill other people's wisemen. And then cry like bitches when the Romans retaliated, and this was before Constantine’s conversion.Christians love to portray themselves as just misunderstood worshippers who only want to pray in peace. But time and time again throughout history the Christians have afforded no such luxury to those that did not believe in their Jew god.Christians are vile liars, generally horrible people and deserved being fed to lions
>>18242240Egyptians believed Ptah to be the creator god, yet they did not throw a temper tantrum over Ptah being equated with Hephaestus. Jews and Christians are unique in their retarded opposition to syncretizing gods.
>>18243306>"Christians were always suspect,[3] members of a "secret society" who communicated with a private code[5] and who shied away from the public sphere.[6] It was popular hostility—the anger of the crowd—which drove the earliest persecutions, not official action.[4] Around 112, Pliny, the governor of Bithynia–Pontus, was sent long lists of denunciations of Christians by anonymous citizens, which Emperor Trajan advised him to ignore.[7] In Lyon in 177, it was only the intervention of civil authorities that stopped a pagan mob from dragging Christians from their houses and beating them to death.>To the followers of the traditional cults, Christians were odd creatures: not quite Roman but not quite barbarian either.[8] Their practices were deeply threatening to traditional mores. Christians rejected public festivals, refused to take part in the imperial cult, avoided public office, and publicly criticized ancient traditions.[9] Conversions tore families apart: Justin Martyr tells of a pagan husband who denounced his Christian wife, and Tertullian tells of children disinherited for becoming Christians.[10] Traditional Roman religion was inextricably interwoven into the fabric of Roman society and state, but Christians refused to observe its practices.[11][notes 1] In the words of Tacitus, Christians showed "hatred of the human race" (odium generis humani).[13] Among the more credulous, Christians were thought "Diocletian's decree for the Christian persecution was impiety, disloyalty, atheism, and treasonThere is ZERO accusation of Christians ever being violent, Until they finally got the power and gave the pagans what they gave, of course
>>18237929Yeah I think ironically paul the jew noticed this.
>>18237929>vandalizing and destroying statuesdifferent century, same bag of tricks
